Jubula lettii

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	STRIGIFORMES	STRIGIDAE

Scientific Name:

Jubula lettii

Species Authority:

(Büttikofer, 1889)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Maned Owl
French	–	Duc à crinière

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient ver 3.1

Year Published:

2012

Assessor/s:

BirdLife International

Reviewer/s:

Butchart, S. & Symes, A.

Contributor/s:

Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Dowsett, R. & Rainey, H.

History:

2008	–	Data Deficient
2005	–	Data Deficient
2004	–	Least Concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Jubula lettii is known from 14 sites in Liberia (Nimba and Zwedru [Gatter 1997]), Côte d'Ivoire (Taï), Ghana (old record only), Cameroon (Korup, Mt Rata and Rumpi Hills, Mt Cameroon and Mokoko-Onge), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon (Gamba, Lopé and Ipassa), Republic of Congo (Dimonika and Lower Kouilou), and the Democratic Republic of Congo (Okapi Faunal Reserve, Itombwe). It is very poorly known, and although it is reported as very scarce and rare in parts of its range, its call is unknown and this may be leading to under-recording of the species. Further research is needed to establish its true range, population size and habitat preferences.
Countries:	Native: Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Ghana; Liberia
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Population [top]

Population:	The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be rare in the west of its range and commoner in the east (del Hoyo et al. 1999).
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is thought to prefer tall closed-canopy rainforest, not semi-evergreen open-canopy forest (F. Dowsett-Lemaire and R. Dowsett in litt. 2005), and has never been recorded outside forest or forest clearings. A pair with full-grown young were observed in February at Mt Limba, Liberia; it apparently lays during March-May in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and fledglings have been observed in late December and January in Cameroon and Gabon (del Hoyo et al. 1999).
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Habitat and Ecology:

It is thought to prefer tall closed-canopy rainforest, not semi-evergreen open-canopy forest (F. Dowsett-Lemaire and R. Dowsett in litt. 2005), and has never been recorded outside forest or forest clearings. A pair with full-grown young were observed in February at Mt Limba, Liberia; it apparently lays during March-May in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and fledglings have been observed in late December and January in Cameroon and Gabon (del Hoyo et al. 1999).

Systems:

Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	It is presumably at some risk from habitat loss through harvesting of timber.

Major Threat(s):

It is presumably at some risk from habitat loss through harvesting of timber.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Conservation Actions Underway None is known. Conservation Actions Proposed Confirm details of its voice to enable thorough surveys of lowland forest to take place. Study its true range, population size, habitat preferences and threats to sites where it is located. Conserve largest remaining areas of intact primary forest including in Gabon, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia (H. Rainey in litt. 2007).

Conservation Actions:

Conservation Actions Underway
None is known.

Conservation Actions Proposed
Confirm details of its voice to enable thorough surveys of lowland forest to take place. Study its true range, population size, habitat preferences and threats to sites where it is located. Conserve largest remaining areas of intact primary forest including in Gabon, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia (H. Rainey in litt. 2007).

Citation:	BirdLife International 2012. Jubula lettii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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